A news article a couple of weeks ago announced an $11 million investment in one of our local startups, Pindrop Security. You can read it in the local Atlanta Business Chronicle or in USA Today. … [Read more...]
Panasonic
January 2, 2013 by
Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a safe, restful, and joyful holiday. Welcome back to what's sure to be an eventful 2013! I wanted to tell you a little about one of our newest neighbors in Centergy: Panasonic Automotive Systems (PAS). It's an interesting story about the power of place; EI2 and Georgia Tech play a critical role. … [Read more...]
The More Things Change…
November 23, 2012 by
...the more they stay the same. Cissa and I have been doing some housecleaning for the holidays, and I found a copy of the inaugural edition of the now-defunct Digital South magazine, published in early 1997. I scanned about a dozen pages into a PDF (linked to the image above), but read these excerpts: … [Read more...]
Prizes in Economic Development
October 1, 2012 by
Some of you know that I was one of the original backers of the X PRIZE that awarded $10 million to the first private team to build and launch a piloted spacecraft to 100 kilometers above the earth's surface, twice within two weeks. As far back as my undergraduate days at Georgia Tech, I wrote a paper on the British Crown's establishment of a … [Read more...]
SpaceUp Atlanta
October 1, 2012 by
It's World Space Week! And to celebrate, some Georgia Tech students and friends are sponsoring SpaceUp Atlanta on Saturday, October 6, 2012. You should come! … [Read more...]
My Talks at Dragon*Con 2012
August 19, 2012 by
So people have been asking me "What are you talking about at Dragon*Con this year?" … [Read more...]
McDonald’s Mighty Wings
August 11, 2012 by
In which I try McDonald's new Mighty Wings... so you don't have to. So, yesterday, Atlanta became the first test market for McDonald's new Mighty Wings. … [Read more...]
Atlanta Magazine “Groundbreaker” Award
July 24, 2012 by
We got some nice coverage in Atlanta magazine this month as one of eleven "Groundbreakers" in helping to transform the city. Here's the cover and pages 76-77 of the August 2012 issue. … [Read more...]
Tech High Forced to Close
July 6, 2012 by
TECH HIGH SCHOOL FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 6, 2012 Massive Funding Cut Forces Successful Atlanta Charter High School to Close Its Doors Atlanta -- Atlanta’s Tech High, the successful 8-year-old math-, science- and technology-oriented charter high school in the Atlanta Public Schools system, is being forced to close its doors amid an unanticipated … [Read more...]
Atlanta Science Tavern Lecture
May 9, 2012 by
I've been invited to speak at the Atlanta Science Tavern on 13 June, 2012. I'll be speaking on "Hydrogen Cars, Ethanol, Wind Farms, and other Silly Ideas." You can sign up to attend here. … [Read more...]
